Apostle of the Gods

182. Will vs Pope

「If so, how about this!?」

I slashed with my dagger to ascertain the demons’ true nature.

「If I send the head flying, it will die, right?」

I decapitated a demon to confirm it. As expected, the decapitated demon dropped dead.

『These guys’ endurance is lower than the average demon!』I said.

『But their movement did not stop even after being pierced by my arrows.』Rosetta said.

『They just don’t feel pain.』

The Pope seems to have created the demons without the capability to feel pain. I suppose that would be more convenient for disposable soldiers.

『If they don’t have durability, then they’re not a threat. Will, you concentrate on the Pope.』Arti said, already cutting off two demons’ heads.

『Leave it to me!』

And I charged at the Pope.

The Pope defended my dagger with a scepter in his left hand which he pulled out of nowhere.

「Gauuu!」

Runrun, who followed right behind me, bit the Pope’s left hand at that moment.

「Guh! Damn dog!」

The moment the Pope faltered, I cut off his left hand with my dagger.

「No matter how much you cut, it’s no use!」

The cut off left arm, which was still between Runrun’s canine fangs, turned into golden mist and disappeared.

And it was regenerated instantly. The Pope’s smile still has not disappeared, probably conveying that it was no big deal.

Then he raised his right hand again. This time, a tail of Tenebris was created.

『Even beastkins!?』Tina exclaimed.

『Do not worry. Like the demons, it should be weaker than the average beastkin.』I said.

Even so, beastkins are much stronger. It doesn’t change the fact that they are a troublesome opponent.

「Is it all right for you to focus on me, Will Wolms? Your companions aren’t as strong as you, right?」

The Pope probably intends to reduce my concentration by having the beastkin attack Arti and the others.

「My friends are strong. You don’t have to worry.」

「I hope so.」

The Pope laughed scornfully, looking down on us.

「HAAAAAA!」

At that time, Tina deliberately made a loud voice and struck the Pope with Wind magic.

The Pope did not show any pretense to defend against the attack, and took it head on with his body.

The attack was completely ineffective.

Similar to Tenebris itself, the effective attribute most likely changes moment to moment for the Pope as well. It’s a very troublesome ability.

「Wind magic is useless against me!」

「I wonder about that!」

「Try as many times as you like!」

Tina prepares another Wind magic again. More powerful magic than before.

「HAAAAAAAAAAA!」

「Like I said, it’s useles–」

The magic released by Tina headed for the Pope, but split into three just before making contact, and hit two demons and a beastkin. At the same time, the wind blades mangled the three enemies.

The two demons who were riddled with wounds were instantly decapitated by Arti. And, Shiro drove a strong headbutt to the beastkin.

Shiro was currently 3 meters tall. There were horns on his head. When his horn pierced the beastkin, Shiro shot a magic bullet from the horn at point black range.

「G A A A A!」The beastkin raised a wail of death, and collapsed lifelessly.

「Did you think I was aiming for you? Are you dumb?」

Tina provoked the Pope. She was trying to distract the Pope from focusing on me.

「……You weasel!」

The Pope took his eyes off of me for a brief moment. I did not miss that opportunity.

I decapitated the Pope.

「You shouldn’t have looked away. Fool.」

「…Will Wolms!」

The Pope shouted even though he was only a head now.

「Where is your voice even coming from?」

I slashed the Pope’s torso sideways with my dagger.

Even though the Pope was only an upper torso at this moment, he could still move. He moved his right hand and summoned three beastkins in quick succession.

And the lower body and abdomen turned to golden mist. The upper body also became mist.

The current Pope was in a state where he was only a head and two arms connected by golden mist and floating in the air.

By transforming most of his body into mist, he made it difficult for me to use the dagger.

Just making things more troublesome.

「To think you can cut off my head… Not bad, Will Wolms.」

「…Damn monster.」

In response to my words, the Pope laughed happily and brandished the scepter in his left hand.

Thereupon, ten lightning strikes fell in quick succession.

Arti and Rosetta dodged the lightning with skillful movements, and Tina defended the lightning with a barrier.

『I wonder what’s going on?!』Tina exclaimed.

『For the time being, just defeat the beastkin.』I said.

『Understood.』Arti replied.

Arti slashed at the beastkin and Shiro attacked with his hooves and horns.

At the same time, Rosetta loosed arrows non-stop. Rhythmically, piercing the three beastkins one after another. When the arrows pierced, golden mist spewed out from the wound.

Apparently, the arrows contained Rosetta’s mana, or more specifically, the blessing of the Hunting God.

Tina completely defended the fierce attacks from the beastkin with magic.

She still doesn’t know which attributes are valid on the beastkins. So it seems that she decided to devote herself to defense.

All three of them made very accurate judgments. I decided to leave the three beastkins to the girls and Shiro.

「Pope, I already decapitated you. Just drop dead.」

「Heh! Try it if you can!」